From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 16:45:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82046106564A for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:45:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@kdm.org) Received: from nargothrond.kdm.org (nargothrond.kdm.org [70.56.43.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488AE8FC0A for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:45:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nargothrond.kdm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nargothrond.kdm.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p1IGjAdY078092; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:45:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken@nargothrond.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by nargothrond.kdm.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id p1IGj98w078091; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:45:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:45:09 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Damien Fleuriot Message-ID: <20110218164509.GB77903@nargothrond.kdm.org> References: <4D5BF78E.7010306@digsys.bg> <4D5BFCC1.3010404@my.gd> <20110217110230.GB25240@e-Gitt.NET> <4D5D0165.1030000@my.gd> <20110217111010.GC25240@e-Gitt.NET> <4D5D1075.2060708@my.gd> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D5D1075.2060708@my.gd> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" , Oliver Brandmueller Subject: Re: LSI SAS 2008 (mfi) on SuperMicro X8SI6-F X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:45:18 -0000 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 13:11:33 +0100, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 2/17/11 12:10 PM, Oliver Brandmueller wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:07:17PM +0100, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > >> It looks rather unhappy: > >> > >> mybsd root /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools > >> # > >> /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/da0 > >> smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [FreeBSD 8.2-RC3 amd64] (local build) > >> Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net > >> > >> /dev/da0: No such file or directory > >> Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. > > > > Thanx for the test and the quick reply! I'm really getting crazy on > > this. All the SAS controllers seems to have nifty RAID features and > > stuff... *sigh* > > > > Thanx again, > > Oliver > > > > What is sad is that these controllers are becoming very mainstream now, > we're getting them more and more on Dell servers , and the fbsd project > still struggles with them (for reasons I don't know, might be LSI's > fault, might be a lack of resources or interest...) LSI has actually been working on the driver, and has almost completed their version of it. It will go into FreeBSD in the near future. In the mean time I have merged the mps(4) driver into -stable. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@FreeBSD.ORG